Best 1 54 Contemporary African Art Fair Podcasts (2024)

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1-54 Forum London 2022 | Being “African” in the so-called “Middle East”: Curating our Multiple Selves with Touria El Glaoui, Dr. Omar Kholeif and Dr. Ridha Moumni. 1:19:36

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Being “African” in the so-called “Middle East”: Curating our Multiple Selves with Touria El Glaoui, Dr. Omar Kholeif and Dr. Ridha Moumni. How does one define one’s sense of ‘African-ness’ in an age where slippages around both language and its comprehension; visuality and its contradictions, are no longer subject to the binary of a singular form of…

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1-54 Forum London 2022 | The Poetry Salon: (My) Episodes of Everyday Racism, Interrupted with Raymond Antrobus, Phoebe Boswell, Lakwena Maciver, Andra Simons, and Dr. O. 1:16:09

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The Poetry Salon: (My) Episodes of Everyday Racism, Interrupted with Raymond Antrobus, Phoebe Boswell, Lakwena Maciver, Andra Simons, and Dr. O. Drawing inspiration in-part from Grada Kilomba’s book, Plantation Memories, and Lola Olufemi’s Feminism, Interrupted, the FORUM’s second edition of the poetry salon invites artists and writers to present a…

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1-54 Forum London 2022 | Introduction & Exhibition Itineraries with Dr. ‘Ugochukwu-Smooth’ Nzewi and Dr. Omar Kholeif 39:41

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Introduction & Exhibition Itineraries with Dr. ‘Ugochukwu-Smooth’ Nzewi and Dr. Omar Kholeif ‘Ugochukwu-Smooth’ Nzewi is an artist, art historian, and curator who currently serves as the inaugural Steven and Lisa Tananbaum Curator in the Department of Painting and Sculpture at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York. Both trained as artists, Nzew…

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1-54 Forum London 2022 | Ageing Ruins…: A Listening Session with Otobong Nkanga and a response by Dr. O. 51:06

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Ageing Ruins…: A Listening Session with Otobong Nkanga and a response by Dr. O. Otobong Nkanga, one of the leading artistic voices of her generation, returns to FORUM to present four tracks from her forthcoming vinyl record release, developed from her award-winning installation, ‘Ageing Ruins Dreaming Only to Recall the Hard Chisel from the Past,’ …

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1-54 Forum London 2022 | Narrating our “Pan-Afrikan” Connections: Claudette Johnson and Marlene Smith in-dialogue with Lubaina Himid 48:12

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Narrating our “Pan-Afrikan” Connections: Claudette Johnson and Marlene Smith in-dialogue with Lubaina Himid Marlene Smith is a multi-disciplinary artist and curator recognised for her research on Black Artists and Modernism in the UK. Claudette Johnson, known for her large-scale figurative drawings, are acknowledged for their ‘defiant’ contribution…

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1-54 Forum London 2022 | Introduction & Overture Number 2/A Re-Play: Koyo Kouoh: The Curator as Storyteller with Dr. Omar Kholeif 45:10

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Intro to FORUM & Overture Number 2/A Re-Play: Koyo Kouoh: The Curator as Storyteller with Dr. Omar Kholeif Koyo Kouoh, Executive Director, and Chief Curator of Zeitz MOCAA, Cape Town and Founding Director of RAW Materials Company in Dakar, in conversation with Kholeif, narrates a path — as a storyteller who weaves and builds upon the intimacies of …

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1-54 Forum New York 2022 | Interlocking Histories 1:02:06

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1-54 FORUM New York 2022 May 21-22, 2022 (22/05/2022) Interlocking Histories (4:00 pm EST) Two new exhibitions opening in October 2022 examine the engagement of African and African American artists creating new art in the 1940s through the 60s, that fostered transnational conversations and upended notions of modernity depicted by African artists. K…

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1-54 Forum New York 2022 | Archiving, Reclamation, and Authoring Your History 56:12

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1-54 FORUM New York 2022 May 21-22, 2022 (22/05/2022) Archiving, Reclamation, and Authoring Your History (2:00 pm EST) The renaissance of archival resources and collections that center global Black experiences has fostered an appetite for a better understanding of how we define archives and how archival collections can be employed in the cultural a…

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1-54 Forum New York 2022 | Textiles and the Global Politic of the Black Arts Movement 56:03

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1-54 FORUM New York 2022 May 21-22, 2022 (21/05/2022) Textiles and the Global Politic of the Black Arts Movement (4:00pm EST) A conversation with Harlem-born fiber artist Dindga McCannon and art collector and gallerist Lewis Long will explore the influence of McCannon’s Harlem upbringing, the politics that gave way to the creation of the Weusi Arti…

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1-54 Forum New York 2022 | Under the Influence of Édouard Glissant 47:02

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1-54 FORUM New York 2022 May 21-22, 2022 (21/05/2022) Under the Influence of Édouard Glissant (1:00pm EST) Martinican poet, novelist, philosopher, and academic, Édouard Glissant (1928-2011), is considered one of the greatest writers and thinkers of his generation. What can the theories and writings of Glissant help us to understand about navigating…

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1-54 Forum Paris 2022 | Closing Remarks - Motorised Justice: A Poem for the Drifters 5:10

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1-54 Forum Paris 7 - 10 April 2022 (09/04/2022) Closing Remarks - Motorised Justice: A Poem for the Drifters 1-54 Forum Curator Dr Omar Kholeif closes the day with a lyric poem authored during the course of the Fair and Forum https://www.1-54.com/By 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair

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1-54 Forum Paris 2022 | FOCUS: Zina Saro-Wiwa followed by an in-person Q&A with Professor Sarah Perks 46:46

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1-54 Forum Paris 7 - 10 April 2022 (09/04/2022) FOCUS: Zina Saro-Wiwa followed by an in-person Q&A with Professor Sarah Perks(14:45 pm – 16:15 pm CET) Esteemed artist and filmmaker, Zina Saro-Wiwa, presents a specially curated screening and in-person conversation on her film and video work, including a special preview of an in-development epic feat…

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1-54 Forum Paris 2022 | Have We Ever Been Modern? 54:04

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1-54 Forum Paris 7 - 10 April 2022 (09/04/2022) Have We Ever Been Modern? Joël Andrianomearisoa Christine Eyene Marie-Cécile Zinsou Moderator: Marie-Ann Yemsi How do we negotiate the tension between the notion of old and new; the ‘traditional’ and the contemporary culture produced on the African continent and its diaspora today? Rather than retreat…

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1-54 Forum Paris 2022 | Painting a New Expressionism: A Keynote conversation between artist, Anuar Khalifi and Dr Omar Kholeif 51:26

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1-54 Forum Paris 7 - 10 April 2022 (09/04/2022) Painting a New Expressionism: A Keynote conversation between artist, Anuar Khalifi and Dr Omar Kholeif (11:45 am – 12:45 pm CET) One of the most exciting artists working in painting to emerge onto the international scene in recent memory, Anuar Khalifi, who splits his time between Barcelona and Tangie…

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1-54 Forum Paris 2022 | Opening Remarks / A Memento to Marrakech & Enter the Frame with Hassan Hajjaj 40:37

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1-54 Forum Paris 7 - 10 April 2022 (09/04/2022) Opening Remarks / A Memento to Marrakech (11:00 am – 11:15 am CET) Forum Curator Dr Omar Kholeif introduces 1-54 Forum Paris. Enter the Frame with Hassan Hajjaj (Video Address and Conversation, 11:15 am – 11:45 am CET) 1-54 Forum begins by reflecting on the complex cultural constellations of Marrakech…

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1-54 Forum London 2021 | In the Last Days of the City Q&A 59:35

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1-54 Forum London 2021 14 - 17 October In the Last Days of the City Q&A A Q&A with the film’s director Tamer El Said and the film’s star Khalid Abdalla led by Dr. Omar Kholeif. In the Last Days of the City, Tamer El Said’s ambitious debut feature, tells the fictional story of a filmmaker from downtown Cairo played by Khalid Abdalla (The Kite Runner…

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1-54 Forum London 2021 | The Walk Towards the Future (French) 1:09:21

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1-54 Forum London 2021 14 - 17 October The Walk Towards the Future (French) This open-ended conversation explores the concept of artist as philanthropist; the artist as the maker and progenitor of institutions, and the diverse ways that they approach this aspect of their practice. Is institutionalism a form of artistic practice? Or rather, is it a …

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1-54 Forum London 2021 | The Walk Towards the Future (English) 1:09:09

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1-54 Forum London 2021 14 - 17 October The Walk Towards the Future (English) This open-ended conversation explores the concept of artist as philanthropist; the artist as the maker and progenitor of institutions, and the diverse ways that they approach this aspect of their practice. Is institutionalism a form of artistic practice? Or rather, is it a…

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1-54 Forum London 2021 | Poetry Salon: On Fragile Ground 1:34:20

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1-54 Forum London 2021 14 - 17 October The Poetry Salon: On Fragile Ground In this curated poetry salon, five artists-writers present a collective dreamscape. Newly commissioned pieces of lyric, poem and song exploring themes of environmental justice will converge in myriad life-like forms—the drift resuscitated. Join Anaïs Duplan, Lubaina Himid CB…

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1-54 Forum London 2021 | A History of Echoes 55:32

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1-54 Forum London 14 - 17 October 2021 A History of Echoes Amidst this symphony of voices: curators, artists and creative collaborators discuss the exhibitions fashioned from the imagination of the late Nigerian curator, Okwui Enwezor (1963-2019). By exploring the sediments of the past, the collective voices herein sketch out a path for listeners t…

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1-54 Forum London 2021 | Performance : Objective Romance and Scarce New Flowers 26:01

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1-54 Forum London 2021 14 - 17 October Performance : Objective Romance and Scarce New Flowers A short experimental musical performance by Zimbabwean musician, mbira player and poet Hope Masike. With three studio albums, a published poetry book and several collaborative and tour credits to her name, Masike shares her art with audiences across the gl…

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1-54 Forum London 2021 | The Virtual Salon 57:39

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1-54 Forum London 14 - 17 October 2021 The Virtual Salon The digital, the virtual, the augmented, the real, the imagined; A.F.K versus I.R.L—the lexicon around our digital world both perplexes and invigorates ‘our’ collective consciousness. In the western world, debates of African digitality often summon references to ‘digital divides’ and social i…

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1-54 Forum London 2021 | Overture/Talk - The Continental Drift: Recuperating the Echoes, the Ghosts, the Songs 1:01:35

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1-54 Forum London 14 - 17 October 2021 Overture/Talk - The Continental Drift: Recuperating the Echoes, the Ghosts, the Songs In this opening keynote, 1-54 Forum curator Dr. Omar Kholeif frames the context of Continental Drift. They demonstrate this through the work of continental poets, songwriters, lyricists, and historians deceased and erased; fo…

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1-54 VIP Webinar | Secondary market for contemporary African Art 2020/2021 46:04

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1-54 VIP Webinar | Secondary market for contemporary African Art 2020/2021 7 October 2021 Drawing from Corrigall & Co’s latest report, Mary Corrigall will discuss the status of the secondary market for contemporary African art. The findings are based on an analysis of figures from sales that have taken place from January 2020 to June 2021. As the f…

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1-54 Forum New York 2021 | Artist talk with Timothy Washington 1:08:32

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1-54 Forum New York 17 May - 2 June 2021 Artist Talk with Timothy Washington Join artist Timothy Washington and curator Kilolo Luckett as they discuss Washington’s recent work and practice for his solo exhibition, INDUCTION & SUSPICION, currently on view at Duane Thomas Gallery. Alongside they will also be discussing Washington’s life and work in ‘…

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1-54 Forum New York 2021 | THE BLACK FILE: Perspectives of Contemporary Afro-Brazilian Art 1:13:25

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1-54 Forum New York 17 May - 2 June 2021 THE BLACK FILE: Perspectives of the Contemporary Afro-Brazilian Art Join Igi Lola Ayedun (Artist and Founder, HOA Galeria), Carollina Lauriano (Independent Curator and Co-curator, 13th Mercosul Biennial) and Thiago de Paula Souza (Curator and Researcher) as they discuss the importance of contemporary Afro-Br…

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1-54 Forum New York 2021 | A Reflection: The arts in the time of the Black lives matter movement 58:31

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1-54 Forum New York 17 May - 2 June 2021 A Reflection: The arts in the time of the Black lives matter movement Join Destinee Ross-Sutton (ROSS-SUTTON Gallery), Rudy Shepherd (Artist), Everette Taylor (CMO, Artsy) and Claude Grunitzky (Founder, True Africa) as they reflect on a year of art world practices following the protests against police brutal…

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1-54 Forum New York 2021 | Threading Histories: Dindga McCannon and Tina Williams Brewer in Conversation 1:10:14

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1-54 Forum New York 17 May - 2 June 2021 Threading Histories: Dindga McCannon and Tina Williams Brewer in Conversation World-renowned artists Dindga McCannon and Tina Williams Brewer have taken quilting and storytelling practices to new realms, memorialising African American histories as they do. Led by curator and art historian Kilolo Luckett, McC…

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1-54 Forum New York 2021 | Artist Talk with the 2021 Ritzau Art Prize Winner | Micha Serraf 1:00:16

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1-54 Forum New York 17 May - 2 June 2021 Artist Talk with the 2021 Ritzau Art Prize Winner | Micha Serraf We are pleased to announce that Micha Serraf is the winner of the Ritzau Art Prize 2021! Serraf will be speaking about his practice alongside Colleen Ritzau Leth (Founder of the Ritzau Art Prize) and Kneo Mokgopa (Advocacy Manager, Nelson Mande…

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1-54 Webinar | Performance Art in the time of Protest and Pandemic 1:03:09

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1-54 Webinar | Performance Art in the time of Protest and Pandemic 3 March 2021 A conversation with artists Jelili Atiku, Shelia Chukwulozie and Adelaide Damoah led by Lisa Anderson, independent curator and founder of Black British Art. 2020 bore witness to a global pandemic and widespread protests against police brutality and racism. Within this c…

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1-54 Forum Paris 2021 | Making and Unmaking Art Schools from The Nineteenth Century to the Present (English) 1:12:42

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1-54 Forum Paris 20 - 23 January and through February 2021 Curated by LE 18, Marrakech Making and Unmaking Art Schools from The Nineteenth Century to the Present In this conversation led by Francesca Masoero and guided by the research of curators and art historians Aude Mgba and Nadine Atallah, we will explore histories of the making, unmaking, and…

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1-54 Forum Paris 2021 | Making and Unmaking Art Schools from The Nineteenth Century to the Present (French) 1:13:14

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1-54 Forum Paris 20 - 23 January and through February 2021 Curated by LE 18, Marrakech Making and Unmaking Art Schools from The Nineteenth Century to the Present Dans cette conversation, guidée par les recherches des commissaires et historiennes de l’art Aude Mgba et Nadine Atallah, nous explorerons l’histoire de l’apparition, la disparition et de …

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1-54 Forum Paris 2021 | An Oral Gaze: Between Bouanani and Sembene (French) 1:04:03

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1-54 Forum Paris 20 - 23 January and through February 2021 Curated by LE 18, Marrakech An Oral Gaze: Between Bouanani and Sembene Conversation entre Touda Bouanani et Samba Gadjigo, modérée par Nadir Bouhmouch. Réunissant l’artiste Touda Bouanani et le cinéaste / chercheur en cinéma Samba Gadjigo, cette conversation se situe à l’intersection entre …

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1-54 Forum Paris 2021 | An Oral Gaze: Between Bouanani and Sembene (English) 1:04:08

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1-54 Forum Paris 20 - 23 January and through February 2021 Curated by LE 18, Marrakech An Oral Gaze: Between Bouanani and Sembene Led by Nadir Bouhmouch and bringing together artist Touda Bouanani and filmmaker/film scholar Samba Gadjigo, this conversation situates itself at the intersection between African cinema and the popular oral arts which ha…

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1-54 Forum Paris 2021 | Resounding Waves: on the making of sonic solidarities through radio 1:11:37

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1-54 Forum Paris 20 - 23 January and through February 2021 Curated by LE 18, Marrakech Resounding Waves: on the making of sonic solidarities through radio Departing from their respective research projects Radio Earth Hold and we dreamt of utopia and we woke up screaming, in this conversation Rachel Dedman and Yasmina Reggad explore the formation of…

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1-54 Forum Paris 2021 | Sonic Archaeologies 1:24:48

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1-54 Forum Paris 20 - 23 January and through February 2021 Curated by LE 18, Marrakech Sonic Archaeologies A radio performance by Abdellah Hassak in conversation with artist-performer Ghassan El Hakim, initiator of Cabaret Cheikhat, and artist Othman El Kheloufi, composer, saxophonist and theater director. Turning to a history of sound allows one t…

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1-54 Forum Paris 2021 | Souriez! (French) 1:02:29

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1-54 Forum Paris 2021 20 - 23 Janvier Curated by LE 18, Marrakech SOURIEZ! Photographie vernaculaire ou l’album de famille, une histoire de moments choisis ou la performance sociale. La photographie vernaculaire est un genre de photographie d’amateur dont le sujet est la vie de tous les jours, sans intention esthétique ni artistique. De nombreux ar…

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1-54 Forum Paris 2021 | Smile! (English) 1:02:17

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1-54 Forum Paris 20 - 23 January 2021 Curated by LE 18, Marrakech SMILE! Vernacular photography and the family album: a history of chosen moments, or performing the social. Vernacular photography is a kind of amateur photography whose subject is everyday life, without aesthetic or artistic intent. For several decades, many artists have been interes…

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1-54 Webinar | Creating public installations across Africa and its diaspora 1:03:40

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1-54 Webinar | Creating public installations across Africa and its diaspora 2 December 2020 Imagining, designing and filling public spaces gives creatives unique challenges and opportunities, from collaboration and production to establishing a work’s post-artist existence. What is the position of public installations in Africa and across its diaspo…

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1-54 Webinar | Artists to Watch: Anya Paintsil and DuduBloom More 53:48

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1-54 Webinar | Artists to Watch: Anya Paintsil and DuduBloom More 18 October 2020 Join Touria El Glaoui as she speaks with two artists, Anya Paintsil (Ed Cross Fine Art) and DuduBloom More (Berman Contemporary), to discuss their sold-out solo booths at 1-54 London 2020 and their practices in textiles. www.1-54.com…

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1-54 Forum London 2020 | Relationship Status: it's Complicated (Spanish) 1:05:00

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1-54 Forum London 2020 8 - 11 October 2020 Relationship Status: it's Complicated The profound distortions related to African legacy in Argentina, Mexico and Peru are still far from being part of a mainstream narrative. The historical, institutional and personal difficulties in examining African identity in Argentina, Mexico and Perus are also becom…

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1-54 Forum London 2020 | Relationship Status: it's Complicated (English) 1:05:01

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1-54 Forum London 2020 8 - 11 October 2020 Relationship Status: it's Complicated The profound distortions related to African legacy in Argentina, Mexico and Peru are still far from being part of a mainstream narrative. The historical, institutional and personal difficulties in examining African identity in Argentina, Mexico and Perus are also becom…

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1-54 Forum London 2020 | A View from the Other Side of Things (Spanish) 59:35

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1-54 Forum London 2020 8 - 11 October 2020 A View From the Other Side of Things Many of the inequalities inherited from slavery in Colombia still remain, having an impact on different levels of society. This panel brings together cultural producers from afro-Colombian perspectives to discuss the notions of inequality and invisibility in the context…

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1-54 Forum London 2020 | A View From the Other Side of Things (English) 59:47

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1-54 Forum London 2020 8 - 11 October 2020 A View From the Other Side of Things Many of the inequalities inherited from slavery in Colombia still remain, having an impact on different levels of society. This panel brings together cultural producers from afro-Colombian perspectives to discuss the notions of inequality and invisibility in the context…

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1-54 Forum London 2020 | Global Connections 42:24

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1-54 Forum London 2020 8 - 10 October 2020 Global Connections What are the shared histories, narratives and experiences, what are the differences that define the connections between Afro-Latin America, The Caribbean and Africa? How, if it all, does this affect cultural producers finding themselves in a creative state of flux? Speakers include Koffi…

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1-54 Forum London 2020 | Modes of Resistance 1:03:29

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1-54 Forum London 2020 8 - 10 October 2020 Modes of Resistance What role does or should play contemporary art in moments like these? On a political, personal, global scale? Why is it crucial? Or isn’t it? What role play important notions of solidarity and self-care? This panel invites artists and academics to discuss current urgencies and strategie…

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1-54 Forum London 2020 | Representation Beyond Representation 1:05:01

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1-54 Forum London 2020 8 - 11 October 2020 Representation Beyond Representation In this current moment that sees a rise of interest in Europe and North America towards Caribbean art scenes and art histories the panel asks questions around who is represented by who, where and how? What does this rising attention mean? How or does this even affect cu…

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1-54 Forum London 2020 | What is ‘Latinx’? 1:01:32

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1-54 Forum London 8 - 10 October 2020 What is ‘Latinx’? The term “Latinx” is an update of traditional labels such as “Hispanic” or “Latin” which emerged around the mid-twentieth century to describe Latin American migrant communities in the US. Aldeide Delgado (Independent Latinx Curator and Founding Director of Women Photographers International Arc…

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1-54 x Christie's | Collect, Curate, Connect: Insights into Contemporary African Art 56:58

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1-54 x Christie's | Collect, Curate, Connect: Insights into Contemporary African Art 6 October 2020 With 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair's London edition and 1-54 Online, Powered by Christie's, Christie's is hosted a panel with leading experts working within contemporary African art scenes to open its 1-54 pop-up exhibition at the Duke Street Ga…

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1-54 Webinar | African biennales as portals for collaborative practices 1:08:40

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1-54 Webinar African biennales as portals for collaborative practices 22 July, 2020 1-54 invited Christine Eyene, Artistic Director, Biennale Internationale de Casablanca, Sammy Baloji, Co-Founder, Biennale de Lubumbashi and Daudi Karungi, Director & Coordinator, Kampala Art Biennale to discuss African biennales and collaborative practices. Convers…

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